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healthcare for america now. occupy wall street. the whole gamut of organizations that are trying to make sure our democracy is really here for all of us. simply put, a lot of us are happy to be involved in local and state government. who run pension funds that total by the way $1.5 trillion. a lot of us around the country got together and formed the coalition for accountability in political spending -- caps. we did this in response to the citizens united two years ago. the reason was that we thought our democracy was threatened. we thought that pension funds, local and state government had to play a role in responding to the possibility that money would flood our political system and warp it once and for all. the organizations here every single one of them have been responding as well. every single one of them hassed a a powerful response. now we're combining forces because it's that become of a serious of a challenge to our democracy. the bottom line today, and you're going to hear from a number of the organizations, the bottom li
healthcare for america now. occupy wall street. the whole gamut of organizations that are trying to make sure our democracy is really here for all of us. simply put, a lot of us are happy to be involved in local and state government. who run pension funds that total by the way $1.5 trillion. a lot of us around the country got together and formed the coalition for accountability in political spending -- caps. we did this in response to the citizens united two years ago. the reason was that we...
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in terms of helts care workers we have done development and training in healthcare workers in nursing and residencies and public health programs and we need to continue to build on that success. we need to support healthcare workers in developing countries and in this country where we are seeing real shortages in the areas where there is the greatest need and that's another strong case for team-based care, getting people from within communities trained and empowered and able to provide life saving interventions going to be critically important going forward. >> thank you. we're getting towards the end of the time. i would like to close with leadership. as we look foward to aids 2012, about having the value proposition put forward and consistent messaging and making the case clear and science and evidence-based way, clearly leadership remains very fundamental. we have seen this with the impact president bush has had, president obama, secretary clinton, yourself, mayor bloomburg, in the polo case in india in the last phase, very much at the level of indian leadership, and maybe you can
in terms of helts care workers we have done development and training in healthcare workers in nursing and residencies and public health programs and we need to continue to build on that success. we need to support healthcare workers in developing countries and in this country where we are seeing real shortages in the areas where there is the greatest need and that's another strong case for team-based care, getting people from within communities trained and empowered and able to provide life...
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when clinton endorses pascrell, he reminded he helped write president obama's healthcare law. at least when you compare it to what's happening in the country with the conventional wisdom. there being a liberal is advantageous to your ambitions and supporting health care reform is a boom to your campaign. congressman rothman accused his opponent of supporting tax cuts for the wealthy. >> i'm steve rothman and i approved this message. >> who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt romney, chris christie, newt gingrich, and bill pascrell. >> i liked some of their ideas. >> that clip of mr. pascrell, that clip right there at the end, that came from an interview the congressman did with chris matthews two years ago. what he was talking about there when he said he liked some republican ideas, he was talking about health reform. >> okay. give us some hope. is there going to be some kind of reform this year that's agreeable to both sides? will they do something on portability, on preexisting conditions. let's start with that? is it going to happen. >> yes. i really believe it can happe
when clinton endorses pascrell, he reminded he helped write president obama's healthcare law. at least when you compare it to what's happening in the country with the conventional wisdom. there being a liberal is advantageous to your ambitions and supporting health care reform is a boom to your campaign. congressman rothman accused his opponent of supporting tax cuts for the wealthy. >> i'm steve rothman and i approved this message. >> who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt...
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his bill to repeal the president's healthcare plan and gas prices. and you can call in with your questions about foreign pol stoi democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> coming up, a senate armed services committee hearing on the situation in syria. defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey testify. see it live starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> this weekend there are two ways to watch the tucson festival of books. live on c-span 2 and live online at book tv.org. on saturday, jeffrey rosen on the history of the supreme court and at 3:00, panels of forensic science, politic at 4:30 and mexico's drug wars at 6:00. sunday, panels continue at 1 eastern with the environment and the great depression at 2:30. the american west at 4:00 and at 5:30 studying the brain and diana en rec ez on bernie madoff at 7:00. look for coverage streaming live on book tv.org saturday beginning at noon eastern and sunday starting at 2:30 exclusive
his bill to repeal the president's healthcare plan and gas prices. and you can call in with your questions about foreign pol stoi democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> coming up, a senate armed services committee hearing on the situation in syria. defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey testify. see it live starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>>...
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[applause] we're not going to kick the for an elderly and disabled out of healthcare to pay for a tax cut fed does not help us grow, and i will not turn -- that does not help us to grow, and i will not turn medicare into a voucher. after a lifetime of labor, no american should have their retirement years spent at the mercy of insurance companies. station retire with dignity and respect. -- they should retire with dignity and respect. they have earned it. we will reform and strengthen medicare by actually reducing costs, not by dumping those costs on to seniors. the same thing with social security. we will take steps to strengthen it, but we will not turn it over to wall street. we have been talking about what happens at home, but that is connected to what happens abroad. in 2008 i said i would end the war in iraq, and i did. i said we would wind down the war in afghanistan in a responsible way, and we are three good because of the incredible service and sacrifice of our troops, a new tower is rising above the skyline. osama bin laden is dead during good -- is dead, but we still face s
[applause] we're not going to kick the for an elderly and disabled out of healthcare to pay for a tax cut fed does not help us grow, and i will not turn -- that does not help us to grow, and i will not turn medicare into a voucher. after a lifetime of labor, no american should have their retirement years spent at the mercy of insurance companies. station retire with dignity and respect. -- they should retire with dignity and respect. they have earned it. we will reform and strengthen medicare...
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under these programs, massive investments have been and are still being made in education, healthcare, modernization, social infrastructure, direct payments to the poorest households. and in our battle against hiv/aids, a new plan has been launched to consolidate agai -- gains that have been made in reducing the prevalence of the disease. our target is to achieve elimination and expand access to anti revival therapy -- anti- retroviral therapy for persons living with hiv/aids. the equivalent of about $80 million, the contribution to the financing of this strategic plan. but this is not enough. we are now finding ourselves in a rather ironic situation, one that is threatening the advances we've made thus far. ghana, like developing countries that have made remarkable headway in combating this disease, is becoming a victim of its own success. as the numbers of disease and rates of infection and mortality go down, so, too, to the figures in the global funding for hiv/aids programs. this leaves a considerable financing gap for many countries such as ghana that are not only trying to maint
under these programs, massive investments have been and are still being made in education, healthcare, modernization, social infrastructure, direct payments to the poorest households. and in our battle against hiv/aids, a new plan has been launched to consolidate agai -- gains that have been made in reducing the prevalence of the disease. our target is to achieve elimination and expand access to anti revival therapy -- anti- retroviral therapy for persons living with hiv/aids. the equivalent of...
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that means the cost of healthcare is shifted on to seniors. in every respect this budget takes from people who are vulnerable and gives to the people in our society the small normal, whonumber who are wealthier than ever in history. >> eliot: it would throw them off. >> and on top of that they want to get rid of the affordable care act. so you're going to create 50 million--50 million additional americans will not have any health coverage at all. >> eliot: quickly because times runs short. you wrote a persuasive blog on salon.com the fanatics taking over the republican party. why is that. the party used to have a grand tradition of creative and interesting thinking. now fanatics run it. how did this happen? >> look, we've seen it happen. it happened not only with the tea partyers, who were very widely and deeply financed by dick army's freedom works, koch brothers and others, but the gradual--the core of the republican party withered away in primary after primary tea parties put up candidates who were even more extreme forcing republicans who
that means the cost of healthcare is shifted on to seniors. in every respect this budget takes from people who are vulnerable and gives to the people in our society the small normal, whonumber who are wealthier than ever in history. >> eliot: it would throw them off. >> and on top of that they want to get rid of the affordable care act. so you're going to create 50 million--50 million additional americans will not have any health coverage at all. >> eliot: quickly because...
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the healthcare law was passed in large part to address the twin issues of cost and coverage. that is exactly what has begun to happen over the last two years. the law's first principle is pretty simple. if you have coverage, you can keep it. for the 260 million americans with insurance today, the main change is that they will get more security. the law puts in place new insurance rules, and many of those are already in place, prohibiting insurers from capping the coverage or canceling it without cause if someone gets sick. preventive care is now free for 54 million americans with private plans. there are new limits on how much of your premium insurance companies can spend on overhead costs like ceo bonuses. as a result, starting this summer, about 13 million americans will get rebates from their insurance companies. you heard me correctly. insurance companies are actually sending money back to their customers thanks to the 80/20 rule. the affordable care act does not cut medicare benefits. in fact, the program is more robust than ever. new benefits have been added for seniors
the healthcare law was passed in large part to address the twin issues of cost and coverage. that is exactly what has begun to happen over the last two years. the law's first principle is pretty simple. if you have coverage, you can keep it. for the 260 million americans with insurance today, the main change is that they will get more security. the law puts in place new insurance rules, and many of those are already in place, prohibiting insurers from capping the coverage or canceling it...
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go to c-span.org/healthcare. oral argument number one coming up at 1:00 leerc-span3, while we wait for that from this morning's "wall street journash our guests are charlene, ument foerdministrator at the centers for medicare and medicaid services. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and marilyn serafini with kaiser health news, special correspondent. thank you as marilyn. to just break down the difference between medicare and medicaid, two words that so often get confused and coed the accidentally say one when they mean the look, medicare is the program that everybody ages into at the age of 65. there are 47 million people in that program. and parts of it you get automatically. sparts parts you have to sign up for, but it's the program for seniors, and for many disabled people as well. who are under the age of 65. medicaid is a program for the poor. it's for people who are below, or at a certain level of poverty or close to poverty. it varies by state. it's a joint program between the federal government a
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healthcare is within range, if we just allow the free market to prevail. host: michelle, democratic caller, good morning. are you with us? go ahead. you have a moment to ask your question of representative bachmann. caller: why do we have to interfere in iran and other quiecountries, worrying about wt kind of bombs they are building when we are doing it ourselves? what gives you the right to judge people on shoowho should e allowed to get married and who should not? host: a question on iran and a question on gay marriage. guest: the united states has never said that they want to use a nuclear bomb to wide another nation of the face of the earth. that's very different from iran , a nation that has stated unequivocally in their constitution that they believe in jihad, and they believe in establishing a dominance of their religion and of their governance structure. it is
healthcare is within range, if we just allow the free market to prevail. host: michelle, democratic caller, good morning. are you with us? go ahead. you have a moment to ask your question of representative bachmann. caller: why do we have to interfere in iran and other quiecountries, worrying about wt kind of bombs they are building when we are doing it ourselves? what gives you the right to judge people on shoowho should e allowed to get married and who should not? host: a question on iran and...
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it's not the freedom to have healthcare. the problem i look at it from a responsibility point of view which is what the republicans often talk about. monday, it's not fair if you will, that people not take care responsibility for their own lives. why should so. of us be paying these large premiums and bills for people who don't decide to have health insurance? i also think that the other thing you said that i don't agree with, there are a lot of people out there that want health insurance, millions probably 30 million and can't get it because they can't afford it. there are others who are underinsured. we not only talking about these 40 million people who have health insurance under the affordable care act but also another 40 million who are underinsured and can't get coverage for the things know need coverage for. they will of a basic benefit package and be able to buy affordable insurance with the subsidy and the benefits provided under the aca. finally with regard to the insurance companies, when i say you repeal this, th
it's not the freedom to have healthcare. the problem i look at it from a responsibility point of view which is what the republicans often talk about. monday, it's not fair if you will, that people not take care responsibility for their own lives. why should so. of us be paying these large premiums and bills for people who don't decide to have health insurance? i also think that the other thing you said that i don't agree with, there are a lot of people out there that want health insurance,...
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. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare. my family lost their healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. i think she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. one day she became ill. i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia. that's when they found the cancer. by then it was stage iv. she passed away in 22 days. >> cenk: now wait a minute, is that fair? every time you close a plant or someone loses a job is the person who made that decision responsible for the healthcare of all those people going forward? well, jayar is going to come out and say yeah, that's absolutely fair. that's a tough tough ad. here is another problem with it. that plant closed in 2001. unfortunately mrs. soptic passed away in 2006. hard to connect those two events. we'll talk about that in a little bit. here is another question. are the republicans fair? are we surprised by this because we're so used to the republicans being so fundamentally
. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare. my family lost their healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. i think she didn't say anything because she knew we couldn't afford the insurance. one day she became ill. i took her up to the jackson county hospital, and admitted her for pneumonia. that's when they found the cancer. by then it was stage iv. she passed away in 22 days. >> cenk: now wait a minute, is...
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law to the supreme court. >> that have states have been reluctant how to comply with the healthcare law. 17 flatly rejected the idea of a state run exchange. >> it is a federal law. so we will let the federal government do their thing. do what they'll do in oklahoma. >> it's not politics. it's the and the question of state control over an issue that is important to citizens of the states. >> given a skeptical opinion poll, the governors have little indication to say no. >> it's not political for a lot of governors to say you know what? this is an untested program. it's legitimate option for me to let the government run it. >> some say in the chaos of writing or pass obamacare they did not provide money for washington to implement exchanges itself or give out federal taxpayer subsidies in them. >> if the state doesn't have a state exchange and they have a exchange there may not be subsidy. >> if they run exchanges in lot of states they will need a new appropriation. it will need money. that will come from the house of representatives and they will meet resistance there. >> one govern
law to the supreme court. >> that have states have been reluctant how to comply with the healthcare law. 17 flatly rejected the idea of a state run exchange. >> it is a federal law. so we will let the federal government do their thing. do what they'll do in oklahoma. >> it's not politics. it's the and the question of state control over an issue that is important to citizens of the states. >> given a skeptical opinion poll, the governors have little indication to say no....
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the healthcare program. and the person who helped him write the program also helped the president write it. guest: romney has a problem here in that he has that in his past. but this brings out that he has yet to present exactly what he would do for the healthcare system if he were elected president. you saw even in the comments i made on thursday right after the court decision where he spoke about things that he wanted to be in the law that are actually in the obama health care reform. so, it comes to a point that many people are starting to pick up about mitt romney, that he has yet to lay out his plans of what he would do as president. he said he won't do it because he doesn't want people to pick them apart. but when it companies to the healthcare system there are people motivated in the republican base who just want to get rid of the obama reforms no matter what and will be extra energized to get rid of them. but there are going to be people looking for some level of explanation from mitt romney of what
the healthcare program. and the person who helped him write the program also helped the president write it. guest: romney has a problem here in that he has that in his past. but this brings out that he has yet to present exactly what he would do for the healthcare system if he were elected president. you saw even in the comments i made on thursday right after the court decision where he spoke about things that he wanted to be in the law that are actually in the obama health care reform. so, it...
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were thinking in terms other than using the government a as an activist tool he was able to do it on healthcare and on the stimulus and able to do it to some extent on dodd frank but he was fighting against a conservative ideology that has taken hold of people more deeply than i thought it did during reagan and that is why i do think he has more of an impact than i did at the time. also, it is a dog that didn't bark, i think if we were talking in 2008 an someone said what are the chance it is next president can get us out of the war in iraq, out of the war in afghanistan, without either of those two situations caving in or a domestic controversy in this country where people would go after the president, saying, if you you are letting down or defense i think most of us thought that was pretty unlikely, president obama has almost finished doing that and done that almost sound leslie. >> and two other dogs that didn't bark, we have gone this far in the conversation not to mention the fact he is the first black president and this would have been you know six months before his election many serious
were thinking in terms other than using the government a as an activist tool he was able to do it on healthcare and on the stimulus and able to do it to some extent on dodd frank but he was fighting against a conservative ideology that has taken hold of people more deeply than i thought it did during reagan and that is why i do think he has more of an impact than i did at the time. also, it is a dog that didn't bark, i think if we were talking in 2008 an someone said what are the chance it is...
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i have to ask, didn't healthcare pass on reconciliation by 51 votes? >> healthcare got 60 votes. >> i thought it was a -- when it came back it went on reconciliations by 51. >> not until after it passed by 60 votes. >> on the changes it passed by 51. anyway, it's a technical point. what you're saying is that you think there has to be reforms. >> correct. >> quickly, then one last question for you senator. >> okay. >> number one, we're going to solve this, there's -- we will get the fiscal reform done this year. i think the president -- i think we're going solve this. the two parties will solve this. i predict we'll have a meeting of republicans and democrats together. charles schumer is constructive on this issue. we're going to sit down together soon in the senate chamber and resolve this in a way democrats are not breaking the rules and we do it the way the senate as functioned and i think we're going to start the next year with a different spirit within congress. >> let me ask you, senator corker, we're overtime. one last question that may test that
i have to ask, didn't healthcare pass on reconciliation by 51 votes? >> healthcare got 60 votes. >> i thought it was a -- when it came back it went on reconciliations by 51. >> not until after it passed by 60 votes. >> on the changes it passed by 51. anyway, it's a technical point. what you're saying is that you think there has to be reforms. >> correct. >> quickly, then one last question for you senator. >> okay. >> number one, we're going to...
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here again to talk about the politics behind this healthcare decision is our panel, tricia rose phil bronstein, thomas moyer. this was such a fascinating story this week, but what i really wanted was to be able to see it all. you can read the transcript and hear bits and pieces of it but i wanted to get the full flavor it would be. >> the worst thing that ever happened to congress was high-definition tv. >> oh, please. >> the supreme court justices as far as i know they do not get facelifts or air transplants -- >> oh, stop. >> what about transparent government at the end of the day? >> how about audio? >> audio you can imagine -- it is quite of quaint to see the drawings -- >> it is one thing to release -- i like the idea of releasing the video later. >> yeah. >> i think it would be nice to have for historical documentation. but i think we have enough visual obsessive narrative story-telling culture, which is nervy of me to say that while we're sitting there, but there should be some private space for reflection. >> i also think it's such an amazing moment -- >> yeah. >> -- especial
here again to talk about the politics behind this healthcare decision is our panel, tricia rose phil bronstein, thomas moyer. this was such a fascinating story this week, but what i really wanted was to be able to see it all. you can read the transcript and hear bits and pieces of it but i wanted to get the full flavor it would be. >> the worst thing that ever happened to congress was high-definition tv. >> oh, please. >> the supreme court justices as far as i know they do not...
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then, there would be a huge portion -- a big portion of the population that would not have healthcare. and it's a realistic possibility the secretary is going to say, well, okay, fine, you know. we are going to cut off your new funds, but we are not going to cut off your old funds, and just let that condition sit there? >> well, just as i can't make a commitment that the authority wouldn't be exercised, i'm not going to make a commitment that it would be exercised. but i do think that that -- to try and move away from the first of their arguments, the sheer size argument, to the second one, which is that it's coercive by virtue of its relationship to the affordable care act, i really think that that's a misconception, and i would like to be able to take a minute and walk through and explain why that is. >> general verrilli, before you do that, i'm sorry, but in response to the chief justice's question, i mean, the money or your life, has consequence because we are worried that that person is actually going to shoot. so i think that this question about are we -- what do we think the se
then, there would be a huge portion -- a big portion of the population that would not have healthcare. and it's a realistic possibility the secretary is going to say, well, okay, fine, you know. we are going to cut off your new funds, but we are not going to cut off your old funds, and just let that condition sit there? >> well, just as i can't make a commitment that the authority wouldn't be exercised, i'm not going to make a commitment that it would be exercised. but i do think that...
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the healthcare decision is going to come on thursday. you sit on the california exchange which is the same thing that other states have set up in the wake of the healthcare reform to be able to enable people to purchase. what will happen if the mandate or other pieces of are struck down? >> the key issue is the individual mandate. >> that's what we think if the court strikes anything down if that goes, the underpinning of the entire economics of the healthcare reform so individual states like california will actually have to pass statutes on a state level that require the individual mandate or else the health exchanges may not work arch there is a partnership with the federal government on providing affordable insurance for this. >> i don't think the court will strike down all aspects. just the individual mandate, itself. so if the tax credits say in place, then all is well. the medicaid expansions are being funded by the federal government. we don't think that's going to be in jeopardy with the federal court. if the federal government i
the healthcare decision is going to come on thursday. you sit on the california exchange which is the same thing that other states have set up in the wake of the healthcare reform to be able to enable people to purchase. what will happen if the mandate or other pieces of are struck down? >> the key issue is the individual mandate. >> that's what we think if the court strikes anything down if that goes, the underpinning of the entire economics of the healthcare reform so individual...
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they think that the government should decide what counts as healthcare and what should be covered by insurance and if, you know, their silly little moral kwames ge qualms get in , that is too bad. >> talk about the debate among catholics. notre dame, father jenkins invited president obama to speak in 2009 despite the support for abortion rights and praised his willingness to engage. >> that is as the journal editorial put out that is in the citation on his honorary degree laided for are his willingness to ensure gage and encouragement for people to bring their faith in the public square. if you read father jenkins statement, it as tough decision from where he is. he is now suing the commencent speaker for saying he is not willing to engage. >> and that is eck policit expe suit. >> if they had the traditional exemption they could have had a big step for the mandates without any real institutional objectives to it. and they got greedy. at tabor they were slammed 9-0. it as case. they argued a position so radical there is no ministerial exceptions. >> col len, what is the political fall
they think that the government should decide what counts as healthcare and what should be covered by insurance and if, you know, their silly little moral kwames ge qualms get in , that is too bad. >> talk about the debate among catholics. notre dame, father jenkins invited president obama to speak in 2009 despite the support for abortion rights and praised his willingness to engage. >> that is as the journal editorial put out that is in the citation on his honorary degree laided for...
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, improvements in the therapy, development process, and removal of barriers to optimal care and the healthcare system at large. nih activities drive improved scientific understanding, compliment private sector therapy development and inform the societal and care delivery issues that ultimately fall within other agencies' missions. the nih pain consortium coordinates pain across the institutes and centers and others of nih taking the lead on the programs as is appropriate to their mission. for example, the nih blue print for neuroscience research is soliciting interdisciplinary research to see how circuitly underlies the pain and addressing the pain care, professionals and researchers which was another key issue highlighted by the report. the compliment and encourage investigator initiated report on pain, nih has undertaken many initiatives. this is models, measurement and management in pain research which the iom commended for the comprehensiveness. others target specific conditions including recently ocular, joint disorders and those from cancer therapy to name but a few. the alternative medi
, improvements in the therapy, development process, and removal of barriers to optimal care and the healthcare system at large. nih activities drive improved scientific understanding, compliment private sector therapy development and inform the societal and care delivery issues that ultimately fall within other agencies' missions. the nih pain consortium coordinates pain across the institutes and centers and others of nih taking the lead on the programs as is appropriate to their mission. for...
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so, to me, how can the government take on a great plan of healthcare, add 30 million more people on healthcare, and get it paid for by maybe the top 2% they're saying? to me, when they're in debt that much, we need to consider taking on the debt, getting that paid down. then as a responsible person myself, in looking at my own budget, i say if i can't go out and buy something, i'm not going to go out and buy it on credit. host: lisa in parker, colorado. in "the wall street journal," beirut blast, u.s. loses a top ally. the assassination of lebanon's security chief a week ago robbed the u.s. and europe of one of its closest allies in monitoring and countering the regional activities of lebanon's heble, as well as its backers in syria and iran, said u.s. and arab officials. host: theresa in carol stream, illinois, is on our line for democrats, and she is optimistic about the economy. why is that, theresa? caller: well, i am very optimistic. i am very proud and i'm very trusting of our president. and my life story is one of, i had worked for an environmental consulting firm for close to 40 yearsa
so, to me, how can the government take on a great plan of healthcare, add 30 million more people on healthcare, and get it paid for by maybe the top 2% they're saying? to me, when they're in debt that much, we need to consider taking on the debt, getting that paid down. then as a responsible person myself, in looking at my own budget, i say if i can't go out and buy something, i'm not going to go out and buy it on credit. host: lisa in parker, colorado. in "the wall street journal,"...
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the most important thing we can do is put in place measures that will control healthcare better. the campaign to fix the debt -- there's not saying there's the right plan, but bring together the people who understand we need to fix the debt. if we don't, we're going to face of very, very damaging economic situation. looking at europe, which years ago would have seen a far cry from what to expect to see here, is a very frightening moment. it shows us what happens when countries are unwilling to face up to their fiscal problems. in the u.s., we are incredibly lucky. we have people who trust our economy, markets, our ability to lead on getting these problems under control, therefore, we have more time. which means we can phase in the problem -- plan gradually. we need to do it in a chance of markets losing faith. the most important thing is for policymakers to show we have a huge problem, the deficit and debt, they can come to gather and fix it. it is important people go to the website and take a look at what this is doing. trying to bring together people of all parties, different b
the most important thing we can do is put in place measures that will control healthcare better. the campaign to fix the debt -- there's not saying there's the right plan, but bring together the people who understand we need to fix the debt. if we don't, we're going to face of very, very damaging economic situation. looking at europe, which years ago would have seen a far cry from what to expect to see here, is a very frightening moment. it shows us what happens when countries are unwilling to...
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you know who wrote the healthcare bill? insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies. you know i am telling you the truth. how would you like to see health reform? i have been a diabetic for 40 years. pretty good shape, i work hard. i am disciplined. another power of health care reform. there is nothing wrong with health care in america. it is just too expensive. i would like to see a president who would start with nurses, doctors, and patience in the room. wouldn't you like that? [applause] happen.on't san mitt romney there. he seemed like a decent guy. but it won't happen. that is where he gets his money from. it won't happen. and i am not just picking on him. you could take any of them. he is like the 1%, and newt gingrich is like a lobbyist for the 1%. i have worked with all these people. they are decent. they are not corrupt. it is the system that is corrupt. we've got to break the system. send a message, new hampshire. tell the world that we know what we need to do, but it starts with the money. the final story. my dad is 89. he will be 90 on his next birthday. m
you know who wrote the healthcare bill? insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies. you know i am telling you the truth. how would you like to see health reform? i have been a diabetic for 40 years. pretty good shape, i work hard. i am disciplined. another power of health care reform. there is nothing wrong with health care in america. it is just too expensive. i would like to see a president who would start with nurses, doctors, and patience in the room. wouldn't you like that?...
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the republicans like said yesterday only issue, let them come up with an answer to the healthcare reform, which they can't do. if they strike down the mandate there are 2.3 million kids getting their parent's health insurance because of the bill. $2 million seniors get relief on the prescription drugs. there are a number of business tax credits that you know how you say the good stuff is in the front end? >> dana: yeah. >> bob: it's true. it was the good stuff. including the precysting condition. you have million of people with that that will be taken away. the insurance companies guarantee, guaranteed a profit every year by the insurance. state insurance agencies. and commissions. they give them a profit. >> dana: the number one google search of the week was obamacare, we can now call obamacare because president obama blessed the nickname. what do you think people were looking for? >> eric: the supreme court? >> dana: no, when they searching for, what are they hoping -- >> i guess they want to know what is going to happen, where the supreme court is falling. there was an interesting dis
the republicans like said yesterday only issue, let them come up with an answer to the healthcare reform, which they can't do. if they strike down the mandate there are 2.3 million kids getting their parent's health insurance because of the bill. $2 million seniors get relief on the prescription drugs. there are a number of business tax credits that you know how you say the good stuff is in the front end? >> dana: yeah. >> bob: it's true. it was the good stuff. including the...
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so @cspan.org/healthcare on our website you'll find all sorts of information and issues before the supreme court plus links to each day's oral argument when they become available. so we've already got yesterday's up there at c-span.org and in about an hour or so today's transcripts should be released. you can go to the website and see a lot of related activity as well. contact us electronically but we want to show you the sights and sounds as the activity around the supreme court continues. we're going to begin taking your calls and start with a call from john in shreveport, louisiana. john, you're on c-span. >> caller: yes, sir. i would just like to comment that the obamacare supposedly that's being voted on is the biggest forcing on the american public. i'm 82 years old and never in the presidencies that i have lived through vie seen such a thing come about. home ownership is at risk. a lot of our liberties are at risk, and this is certainly one of them. forcing people to buy health care. we cannot afford it, and can never even think to buy health care if it wasn't for medicare/medicaid.
so @cspan.org/healthcare on our website you'll find all sorts of information and issues before the supreme court plus links to each day's oral argument when they become available. so we've already got yesterday's up there at c-span.org and in about an hour or so today's transcripts should be released. you can go to the website and see a lot of related activity as well. contact us electronically but we want to show you the sights and sounds as the activity around the supreme court continues....
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also a long time hill staff expert on tax policy and healthcare. he was actually the tax counsel for the senate finances committee. >> so thank you all for coming. and today this conversation is going to be about we're going to drill down a bit based on what happened tuesday and look at how the result frs tuesday's election might impact some of the big policy questions going forward. so i want to ask each of our panelists the same question to begin. if you could take a moment and talk about how you think the political landscape has changed or not changed based on tuesday on policy making kind of broodly defined? >> i'll start since i'm at the end. my impression is the two parties moved farther apart on election night. and i'm going to talk about fiscal policy and budget. but that's going to make decisions on that more difficult rather than easier. i've been talking to clients and their assumption was once we got past the election we would all join hands and we would come together quick lifment which i use the word nonsense. democrats in the house l
also a long time hill staff expert on tax policy and healthcare. he was actually the tax counsel for the senate finances committee. >> so thank you all for coming. and today this conversation is going to be about we're going to drill down a bit based on what happened tuesday and look at how the result frs tuesday's election might impact some of the big policy questions going forward. so i want to ask each of our panelists the same question to begin. if you could take a moment and talk...